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maxsolomon

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2. 99% of Mass Shootings are Male Grievance shootings.

Reply to lostnfound (Original post)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 10:00 AM

Jun 2021

Chicago's long-running south side violence stems from a different motive than the rampage shootings that plague much of America.

Poverty, gangs, and machismo versus toxic misanthropy and mental illness.

The results are the same.

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'Mayhem': Chatham shooting leaves 10 shot, 1 dead, Chicago police say [View all] lostnfound Jun 2021 OP

This Is The Third Such Thing I've Seen Report Of This Morning The Magistrate Jun 2021 #1

I was just going to say the same thing PatSeg Jun 2021 #6

Technology Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #12

So true and so terribly sad PatSeg Jun 2021 #13

99% of Mass Shootings are Male Grievance shootings. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #2

It's not only the southside. bamagal62 Jun 2021 #3

Yes, the west side too. Randy Newman's caustic 1974 "Rednecks" addresses it. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #4

Randy Newman always knows how to say it. bamagal62 Jun 2021 #5

I never felt unsafe in Chicago either PatSeg Jun 2021 #7

Chicago actually had 970 murders Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #9

Same shit, different day. oldsoftie Jun 2021 #8

South Side Chicago and East St Louis... LiberatedUSA Jun 2021 #10

GOP terrorism Mr. Sparkle Jun 2021 #11